The capillary reservoir technique was used to study the self-diffusion of 6Li in LiBr-KBr melts (table 23). The activation energy for the tracer diffusion of 6Li in eutectic mixtures, at temperatures ranging from 360 to 760C, was equal to 5.2kcal/mol.

M.Chemla, P.Lantelme, O.P.Mehta: Journal de Chimie Physique et de Physicochimie Biologique, 1969, October, 136-43

 

 

Table 23

Tracer Diffusion of 6Li in KBr-LiBr Melts

 

LiBr (%)

Temperature (C)

D (cm2/s)

4

750

6.86 x 10-5

24.5

659

5.74 x 10-5

24.5

736

6.95 x 10-5

24.5

759

7.88 x 10-5

36

555

4.22 x 10-5

36

557

4.31 x 10-5

51.5

360

1.91 x 10-5

51.5

363

1.80 x 10-5

51.5

401

2.64 x 10-5

51.5

456

3.21 x 10-5

51.5

507

4.12 x 10-5

51.5

548

4.62 x 10-5

51.5

554

5.36 x 10-5

51.5

642

6.60 x 10-5

51.5

655

7.39 x 10-5

51.5

761

9.51 x 10-5

76

496

5.22 x 10-5

76

535

5.89 x 10-5

76

643

8.72 x 10-5

76

747

1.01 x 10-4

99

566

8.54 x 10-5

99

571

8.85 x 10-5

99

669

1.05 x 10-4

99

750

1.21 x 10-4